diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/logger/mod.rs b/packages/nx/src/native/logger/mod.rs
index 99a46e79f3..aaff7eb7ea 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/native/logger/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/logger/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use colored::Colorize;
+use std::env;
+use std::fs::create_dir_all;
 use std::io::IsTerminal;
 use tracing::{Event, Level, Subscriber};
 use tracing_appender::rolling::{RollingFileAppender, Rotation};
@@ -101,8 +103,28 @@ pub(crate) fn enable_logger() {
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| EnvFilter::new("ERROR")),
         );
 
+    let registry = tracing_subscriber::registry().with(stdout_layer);
+
+    if env::var("NX_NATIVE_FILE_LOGGING").is_err() {
+        // File logging is not enabled
+        registry.try_init().ok();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let log_dir = ".nx/workspace-data";
+
+    if let Err(e) = create_dir_all(log_dir) {
+        // Could not create the directory, so we will not log to file
+        println!(
+            "Logging to a file was not enabled because Nx could not create the {} directory for logging. Error: {}",
+            log_dir, e
+        );
+        registry.try_init().ok();
+        return;
+    };
+
     let file_appender: RollingFileAppender =
-        RollingFileAppender::new(Rotation::NEVER, ".nx/workspace-data", "nx.log");
+        RollingFileAppender::new(Rotation::NEVER, log_dir, "nx.log");
     let file_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
         .with_writer(file_appender)
         .event_format(NxLogFormatter)
@@ -111,9 +133,6 @@ pub(crate) fn enable_logger() {
             EnvFilter::try_from_env("NX_NATIVE_FILE_LOGGING")
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| EnvFilter::new("ERROR")),
         );
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(stdout_layer)
-        .with(file_layer)
-        .try_init()
-        .ok();
+
+    registry.with(file_layer).try_init().ok();
 }
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/is-tui-enabled.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/is-tui-enabled.ts
index b9c020511c..dbe03d549d 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/is-tui-enabled.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/is-tui-enabled.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { NxJsonConfiguration } from '../config/nx-json';
 import { readNxJsonFromDisk } from '../devkit-internals';
+import { IS_WASM } from '../native';
 import { isCI } from '../utils/is-ci';
 
 let tuiEnabled = undefined;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export function isTuiEnabled(
 
   // Windows is not working well right now, temporarily disable it on Windows even if it has been specified as enabled
   // TODO(@JamesHenry): Remove this check once Windows issues are fixed.
-  if (isCI() || isWindows) {
+  if (isCI() || isWindows || IS_WASM) {
     tuiEnabled = false;
     process.env.NX_TUI = 'false';
     return tuiEnabled;
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index 2ee7e21f40..0613af7437 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { runCommands } from '../executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl';
 import { getTaskDetails, hashTask } from '../hasher/hash-task';
 import { TaskHasher } from '../hasher/task-hasher';
 import {
+  IS_WASM,
   parseTaskStatus,
   RunningTasksService,
   TaskDetails,
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
     this.tuiEnabled
   );
 
-  private runningTasksService = new RunningTasksService(getDbConnection());
+  private runningTasksService = !IS_WASM
+    ? new RunningTasksService(getDbConnection())
+    : null;
   private tasksSchedule = new TasksSchedule(
     this.projectGraph,
     this.taskGraph,
@@ -686,7 +689,10 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
   }
 
   async startContinuousTask(task: Task, groupId: number) {
-    if (this.runningTasksService.getRunningTasks([task.id]).length) {
+    if (
+      this.runningTasksService &&
+      this.runningTasksService.getRunningTasks([task.id]).length
+    ) {
       await this.preRunSteps([task], { groupId });
 
       if (this.tuiEnabled) {